Thanks, Andrew was superb in chasing down the source material. He has great access to GW literature at home and through friend in GW. I put together the artwork, proof read while we discussed some content choices, then finished by producing the PDF based on his solid research. It was a great collaboration. :)

I certainly feel we finally put the history of the Scythes right and in context for all collectors out there.

Hello!
Just wanted to say what a great site this is, I’ve been a S.O.T.E. fan since Advanced Space Crusade! I have recently got back into 40k and I am about to embark on a scythes battle group, but there are many different examples of how to paint the armour. Is there a set scheme or should I give myself room to flex some style?
Regards,
Stu :)

The classical GW Scythes scheme is what Andrew has adopted for his “Heart of Sotha” project. I’m actually updating the painting scheme graphics for the site, I’ll send those to you privately. Thanks for dropping by! :)

Oh and, do send in some of your work, I’ll add them to the Showcase section which I intend to fill with Scythe enthusiasts from all over :)

Will go with the ‘Heart…’ look to begin with, just to keep things simple! I would also like to say that this battle group is intensely scout heavy and only light attack vehicles being used as I wish to be as close to the fluff as possible. I guess ultimately I would like to augment (when nessecary) the chapter with 2000/3000 points of Imperial Guard for a good three days of table top ‘Nid splatting!!!
Cheers for reply, have put this site in my favourites list. Keep up the fantastic work!
Laterz,
Stu :D

Hi Sebastian!!!!!!
First congratulations on your Golden in Uk ª ª ª ª
I have the pleasure to work and consider a very good friend Jon and his army of Scythe is great !!!!!!
I also I have Scythes, in the old format to paint, as were my inspiration.
With Jon’ve talked a lot about you, to see if one day I have the pleasure to meet you and to chat with you.

Thanks for saying hello, send my regards to Jon! The Golden was for Andrew (I host some of his miniatures on the website) I will pass on your congratulations. I am working hard this year to get myself to Europe as soon as possible! :D

Send me any photos you have if your own Scythes, I am making an article on Scythes Players from around the world, love to have yours too. :)

Hi Seb.
Thanks for publishing these photos, it’s a real pleasure to see my Dreadnoughts on your page :)
I hope Raúl can send you some pictures of his Scythes, they look quite a lot like your own ones, he is a very good painter.

i’ve sent you some photos recently of a 5000 point Apocalypse battle in which my Scythes and my Templars took on my friend Davids Tyranids. It was an awesome experience. I hope you can use the pictures!

I would like to add the ribboned shoulder cloth, but ultimately I feel the Scythes have few Scouts left since that period. So presently it is all modern gear (plus some fun retro items) and carapace boots for sloshing about Tyrannic hulks.

With Andrew and Jon’s Scythes on the site among my own, makes me pick up my game painting wise let me tell you!

My thanks to the visitors and friends who have always stopped by and either emailed me (when it was “mailto” links only), or lefts comments in this modern blogging era today. It keeps me encouraged and I hope to offer cool imagery for years to come.

Quick question. You’ve posted several photos of your Scythes from the past, but it’s not very clear how much of your collection has remained intact over the years. So I’m curious, how large is your current contingent of Scythes?

I have loved the SOE since Advanced Space Crusade. Since finding the Scythes website, you have inspired me with your work and factual history and I’m pleased to find some of my guys shown in the birthday celebrations.

Send me a direct email to my personal account so I can send you some photos of my scythes! I havent got the cammera out in a while so they are old images but I may see what new images I can sort out soon. I have a couple of images from Warhammer world (my stag do) a scythe scout kill team mision photo or two and my scout speeder conversion made 3 years pre land speeder storm.

Just thought I’d drop a note to say how brilliant I think this site is. Its a real inspiration, keep up the good work. I’ve started to collect a Tyranid Swarm based around the tendril of Hive Fleet Kraken which attacked Miral. Being essentially characterless Tyranids are always defined by their enemies. The Scythes make for the perfect adversary IMO. Who are of course in turn a chapter almost entirely defined by their clashes with the Tyranids. Compelling stuff!

Thanks! I shall pass on the regards to Andrew about Gaius, and again, it’s great to see folks enjoying the site. I’ll be posting up more Scythes in the near future; finally scored myself a dedicated hobby space huzzah! :)

I’ve been looking on the net trying to find a nice looking quad attack bike idea and i keep coming back to yours!! do you have any plans to do a tutorial or list of materials for how you achieved such a stunning model? if you don’t could I personally ask for a list of stuff used and how you achieved the quad look to the bike?

Just finished reading this and loved it. Any chance of more scythes material? Maybe space marine battles novel on the fall of Sotha? One question about this though, why is the Heart of Sotha renamed Heart of Cronus?

I’ve just spent a couple of hours browsing this site and it’s awesome! I love the dedication you are showing to the Scythes. Your background work and the extensive pictures collection paints a vivid impression of those Astartes.
Special mention to the piece of fluff above: it is excellent and I really like the last couple of lines – Fighting alongside his brothers indeed!
Cheers!
JP

Many thanks Jean-Philippe, glad you enjoyed your visit! It has been a great effort over time as my interest in the hobby waxed and waned each year. I hope to complete another project this year, however new business and new city has kept me busy :)

Fantastic work guys. Scythes of the Emperor have always been my favourite SM chapter; due in no small part to the excellent artwork and gameplay of the first GW product I ever owned – Advanced Space Crusade. I was wondering in all your research have you been able to shed any light on the origins of the Chapter? I have read other indirect sources citing the Scythes as a successor chapter to the Ultramarines (thus descended from Roboute Guilliman?) although this does not feel right to me.

Thanks! It was fun publishing the research that Andrew put together at GWHQ. As far as we can surmise, the closest tie in is the Ultramarines. Locale, interaction and the recent fiction wherein the Ultramarines debrief survivors and take on their suggestions. (Very circumstantial) That said, not exactly the worst chapter to be affiliated too.

Thanks for your questions and checking out the site, I’ll be updating recent work on my new Scouts (based on Adv. Space Crusade actually), should be a couple of days :) – Sebastian.

Hi, that piece of art was a test piece for the game ‘Space Crusade’. It did not get used by GW – I think your best bet is to either take inspiration from GW’s direction or Andrews work under the section ‘The Heart of Sotha’ showcase. :)

I’m confused on the timing here. This document says that Sgt Remas was part of the first fight against Hive Fleet Kraken, but his testimony is then used in the formation of the Tyrannic War Veterans, some 200 years earlier?

My reading of this (just from the 40k wikia) is that the Scythes were actively involved in the First Tyranid War against hive fleet Behemoth, and in the founding of the Tyrannic War Veterans.

Its a fair point; we or more so, Andrew, encountered a lot of these issues when reviewing information he was able to find with help from GW friends. The more recent Tyrannic War Veterans (last year I believe) info tends to lessen the Scythes contribution even further.

Hi Richard, well after some 15000 nautical miles – I’ve been back in Auckland for the last fortnight. Been settling in and basically organising myself. I’ve shipped my gear from Australia to here, should be about a month before I get back into some hobby goodness :D

That is great news for the Scythes! Thank you for the list of Scythes material, I did not know about most of those. In fact, I can’t find Reclamation anywhere, can you help me get a hold of this story?

It was published in a physical edition print; so finding an eBook on Black Library has been a dead end. I’m scouring eBay presently. Also, checkout the new Scythes Essential Reading Guide page (Link now above) – every book source and Sothan content in Black Library books.

Aww, my favorite edition as well. I liked that it was rather detailed and smaller scale instead of the mass battle game it has become. (With all the super heavies and apocalypse battles nowadays it’s starting to look like Epic in 28mm…)

Necromunda and 2nd edition mesh quite nicely (hence the whole =I=Munda phenomenon), being essentially the same ruleset with one focussed on squads and the other on individuals. To make things super easy, ten Necromunda credits equals one 40K 2nd ed. army building point.

Just noticed on the art you use as background, in the lower left,just left of the main blog column and facing off against the genestealer is a scout sergeant/officer with fairly elaborate heraldry on his shoulder pad. Are you planning to do something similar on your scout sergeant?

Thanks Modhail, I’m sure you’re going to like the next squad :) And yes, that Sargeant is a hard ass – no one is as valiant as his Sothan brothers were; and his standards – well, they’ll bring him into conflict with his fellows soon enough.

Thanks man! :) It has been tough, but fun, to do some very careful clean line work. I use Tau Sept Ochre (watered down) in two thin layers with VERY careful black corrections. Thankfully Tau Sept Ochre has a lot of pigment, so it remains a controllable paint even thinned down.

Probably should do a run down on how I do my icons.

Having recently completed a lot of Lord of the Rings models, these 40k models are ogres by comparison. :D

I’ve recently been considering painting up my old school RT era collection as Scythes, and was digging up the proofs for those old decals.

However, I’m torn between them, and some of the other more esoteric chapters from the Badab War, like the Astral Tigers or the Mantis Warriors. Basically, I want them to be iconic and old school, but not something I’m already doing. And not blue. I have too many blue armies…

Excellent piece of background Sebastian! This will be an awesome base upon wich you can plan and modelled your Tenax Survivors. I love the sense of dread and desparation that conflicts with the Scythes’ sense of duty or their desire to kill as much of the Xenos filth as possible.

Very cool scouts. I’m not that found of the retro boots, but I get why you include them.

The sergeant is looking great! I particularly like the chittin plate he used as replacement for his shoulder pad. As for the scar, I think you should try to get a bump in the middle (you know, were the two part of the cut sealed) if there isn’t one already (using GS). Then, paint the edges and the bump a lighter colour while using red and purple glazes in the recesses and around the scar – this should create a sense of “irritated” flesh we usually associate with scars.

Cheers for that :) I can understand about the retro boots, I believe once I lay down some base scenery it will reduce their obviousness further. As for the Sergeant? I’ve been looking up painting scars on the web this past week; thanks for the tips! :) NO doubt you’ll see the results when I finish the squad ;)

Sigh, the End Times… I still mourn the passing of proud, noble Brettonia.

Congratulations and happy Scytheday! :)
I hope you can nab some hybrids and continue your project, I’d love to see more of it.
I’m still undecided about buying it as well, but at the very least it has me inspired to dig out my own Genestealer Cult project as well.

Loved your article on the horseman a while ago so thought you would dig pharos; I don’t want to spoil it but my fav bit was the idea that the actions of the novel were what drew the nids to macragge and sotha in the first place

Yeah! The Scythes resurgent! :D
For the scout with autocannon, you might want to look to the plastic Sentinel Autocannon. I’ve used it on my Genestealer Hybrid (for the 1st ed. Space Hulk blip list) and it works nicely as a man portable weapon. Now I just need to source a second one for the other hybrids on the blip list.

I have in fact done so, its actually larger?! However, I did happen to have a Death Korp Autocannon, which is very slender and has the right kind of functional build to be appreciated. It’s me Bren Gun’ – Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels movie.

Very cool. I’ve wondered recently with the re done space marine kits why gw haven’t gone all out on a scout kit. So many possibilities for commando style units. Your conversions showcase how cool scouts can be.

Thanks Richard :) The Scouts certainy have the opportunity to be made anew with all sorts of gear for their recon role. Perhaps GW shall at some stage – for now, we can all indulge in some personalising of the Scythes to our desires :D

Top stuff! And thank you, glad to know it helps – like an artist, first understand anatomy – then draw your fantastical creatures – wanted to help players know the difference and then go crazy applying the idea :)

And yes, Forgemaster Sebastion was created by Richard Williams and Laurie has kept him into the ongoing stories, I’m really touched both had kept the character :)

Brilliant! More Scythes! I love the pose and character of them both. I like how brother Gideon has a pose that reads as both rock-solid and active.
How hid you achieve their enlargement? I think you raised them at the waist, but it seems there is also more subtle trickery involved?

Good point! While I like the look of terminator based true scaling, it does mean missing out on sooo many very cool bits…

Ah, so that was what I was seeing, that front to back insert. Now that you mention it, their collars are obviously a lot roomier than stock torsos.
I get what you mean about the pinched torso, a couple of years I tried a similar conversion, and he looked positively serpentine, despite my bulking out his hips. The gear hides it nicely.

I have this page as something sacred since i always wanted to paint Scythes (and using a similar alternative paint scheme like yours ;)). Also, i´m planning on sculpting someday the (What i consider) Chapter Banner and this artwork is really useful.

Just one thing, Picture 15 is from an Ultramarine (Ventris in one codex, Ultramarines in another…). You can see the simbols on his armour. We´re family but still not the same thing ;)

Hey Sebastian, any tips on how to convert up your brilliant Rogue Trader scouts?

I’ve got a few units of scouts planned for my (Very!) slow grow scythes project and have very luckily come into some older rogue trader Scouts thanks to inheriting some old modeling guff. I would LOVE to take a crack at converting them up as you have done, but I really don’t want to trash my models hacking at their knees and making a bodge job of it!
Any help you could provide on how you combined the two kits so seamlessly would be invaluable.

Will do, I’ll email you some work in progress models so you can see the cuts and shaping I do to make the kitbashing as simple as possible. There is minimal Greenstuff work, mostly for gaps and a little tidying up. :)

Thanks for stopping by the site! As for the transfers, I am working with a friend using a special type of printer to ensure the yellow covers over black just right. There are some online hobby companies that offer a printing service but it is very expensive for NZD vs USD costs.

Depending on how many I need to run for the first printing, I may have more than I need, so I will post about that offer. Additionally, I will upload the Transfer Sheet template for everyone to get printed locally themselves, once I am very sure the decals work for my Sothan Brothers out there ;)

I live in the UK and I know a few companies that can print transfers and such out for people who have designs. I mean if you were to publish the design page that is what I would do, I would of course pay for all the effort you made to make the designs.

Cheers will do Alex! I just mentioned to Joseph, test batch is being printed and I’ll be checking if we have solved Yellow over black, a notorious decal issue :)

Also, they will be available for download for free – plus, details on the best method to get them printed. As all decal printers use the same inks, the ink choice and preparation is what will make the difference for our Scythes! :D

Great! Oh, and this may be a spoiler, but the Scythes are apparently mentioned in the Dark Millennium novel, as a chapter rebuilt with Primaris Marines and tasked with protecting part of the realm of Ultramar…

I caved and ordered the box…. ;)
I’m currently reading the book and it is certainly worth the purchase. It feels like there is more thought put into presentation (the whole box has that, by the way), and I like the little stylistical nods to Rogue Trader here and there. I haven’t reached the rules section yet, so I can’t comment on those at this point. But so far, so good.

Thanks, trying to avoid real spoilers. But the whole novel is full of this old vs new clashes. The war and chaos fight seems backdrop to these issues. And indeed, very promising future. All the more reason to showcase a campaign when they were not so well patronised by Ultramar! :)

Great to hear of some Scythes reinforcements! The Scythes are highly likely to follow Ultramarine markings – they operate in Eastern Ultramar, fourth tetra under an Ultramarine Tetrarch, Decimus Felix (Latest 2017 background lore). Protecting the Sotharan League and Shield Worlds. The knee+skull was in one of LJ Goulding’s books, being our patron in GW, I’d say thats canon. Red helms would work well, such as Brother Sargeant Maximillian [LINK]. I do like the idea of a Bone white, it will harmonise very well with Yellow. That would be my choice too.

I believe I shall make a markings articles as you are one of several new Scythe Brothers curious to know! :)

Sure will, though it might take me a while to do so so due to lack of painting time.

By the way, think you could bring an article about modelling the Scythes? I mean especially the use of Tyranid bitz. As trophies and as makeshift armor repairs; where to apply them to a marine miniature? How much is too much? Which bitz are especially useful?

It would make an interesting read, because it is one of the main aspects that makes the Scythes so unique.

See, I`ve been dabbling with said subject before, and I`m pleased with the result. But I guess Scythes would take a very different approach to presenting trophies than Dark Angels – more feral and improvised, maybe more like Space Wolves?

So this got me all motivated to get started on my scythe primaris marines.
Started undercoating and ended up with a real grainy finish, apparently due to humidity. So now I have to wait for their solvent bath and try again …
The struggle is real.

Not Alpharius eh..? (Eyes you suspciously…) ;) Hi and thanks for visiting :D – The Falx.. yup, knew I should have prepared a How To Guide the moment I finished making it! :D Right – basics are: SM Power Axe (or similarly hafted power weapon, plenty of choice), then carefully add a inwardly curved blade (mine: Skaven Halberd, 6th Edition Warhammer). The Power Node was a thin .25mm metal wire leading to a 1mm plastic rod cutting – making the node. The latter is very tricky to position, patience required.

I have been downloading photos of parts to create a big article on Scythes modelling – examples of Falx blades from GW sources will be in there :) Stay tuned next couple of days.

I’ve just started painting my new Primaris marines as Scythes, just wondering if Sergeants, Lieutenant and Ancients helmets would follow the ultramarine examples in the Primaris book?
I get could paint them however but I’d prefer another couple of opinions.

Hi Trent, the Primaris present a host of new options – I really should obtain the new codex for them. I believe they will follow the Ultramarines again, given that they operate the eastern line of Ultramar and fight under Decimus Felix, an Ultramarine Primaris Tetrarch governing from Vestpastor. It wouldn’t make much military sense to stray from the Ultramarine way and Codex given the new integrated Chapter “Legions” Primarch Guilliman is using.

This heraldry guide was created for the previoud era of Space Marines. once I have a look at the Primaris book, I’ll write a Primaris article to cover these and other Scythes quirks that perhaps, our Primaris recruits will be new too :)

Also, please keep in touch, it would be great to add your marines to the Worldwide Gallery! :)

Thanks for the reply, I thought that they would follow the Ultramarines, it’s good to get another opinion. Cheers.
Just picked up the Deathguard Deathshroud scythes from forgeworld for my captains. Once some squads are ready for the table top I send some photo of ’em your way.

Theyre a successor to the Ultramarines, so very likely to follow codex organisation, couple quirks being Company colour placement and veterans having a yellow knee with black skull icon. Top stuff, those FW Scythes weapons are great, they will be in an article for modelling Scythes marines with all their peculiar weapons and themes I am putting together.
Look forward to the new Primaris Scythes, thank you!

Trent

Posted July 17, 2017 at 8:25 AM

Awesome update mate, that is amazingly useful. Thanks heaps.
Just a quick final question any ideas if any of the current transfer sheets have a black skulls that i could use for knees on my veterans? i had a quick look around and could only find some on the imperial knight kit.

This site is amazing Sebastian, I keep coming back to it and finding new interesting tidbits. I chose this chapter because of the links to Pharos when reading the heresy novels, now as I paint up my 4th company scythes, these articles help bring to life what I am painting. I don’t think any other lesser chapter gets this attention, so thankyou.

Hi Pete, thank you very much. So glad to help and add to the Lore of your collection :) Please keep in touch so I can add your marines to the WorldWide gallery and showcases! Should be interesting seeing the 4th Co’s Green Aquila for contrast with most folks 2nd Co. (Or knee marking only versions)

FYI I am working on Company Banner Artwork for every Company – in discussion with LJ Goulding.

Banners are underway, I’ve settled on the horses (of the God’s) for each. It has been quite a study in Greek Mythology!

As for facebook, no not really. The Scythes have seen explosive interest in the last month. Prior to that there were a dozen players I knew of that occaisionally posted something. At this stage I’ve started to set up the-scythes.com as a nexus – if I spy something, it appears here, instagram and twitter – all in one place.

I’m not on Facebook as The Scytehs, in essence it is doubling work of my website in a manner ;)

Certainly is, gathers a lot of the textural pieces into one place which adds backstory and ongoing fiction to characters we follow. One story, Reclamation, was only available in a limited special issue release. Took me ages to track a copy down! :D

This is a point of contention for me too after Slaughter at Giants Coffin. The Iron Helm was a Chapter Relic and whilst I get the idea that leaving it behind was accepting the fate that Sotha is gone and so too the need for a Warden, I do feel it’s loss is acute with regard to Chapter Flavour.

At this stage, I am unsure, I’ve seen no indication from Laurie J Goulding with regard a new helm in his official fiction (potentially in the upcoming novel). My only take away is, if you do not like that story – keep the Helm for your own collection, as a hobby detail in a project, its great. :)

Is the aquila on the 2ed company of the Scythes of the Emperor gold like the Ultramarines or yellow like there armor? Also does anyone know why some Scythes of the Emperor army’s/Chaplains have red guns instead of black guns? Is it a contrast thing or does it have some kind of meaning behind it. I can’t find anything online about it. Thanks for making this website it is really useful.

Most art and painted examples by GW Have been Yellow Aquila (like the torso armor). The Red/Black Boltgun issue is notable, my belief is GW in keeping the Ultramarine ties and the “Codex Astartes” uniformity, used the classic Red casings predominantly. I feel this is more a personal choice than canonical, and agree Black would be better suited for Chaplains :)
No trouble David, I’ve had the site going since 1997, so anything that’s popped up about the Scythes – I’ve made a point to host it here :) Thanks for visiting!

Thanks for the information. Also I usually don’t see the power pack on the Scythes of the Emperor. Does there power pack use the same silver bits/pattern on the vents and exhaust as the Ultramarines power pack? I am also not sure what color I should paint the cloaks on the Primaris Captains? What color do the Scythes of the Emperor use for cloaks? Thanks for the help.

Hi David :) You’re welcome. I’ve generally kept to painting silver parts like vent rims and and exhaust vents with metal. The actual armor components being the yellow plate colour. You are right though that there has never been rearward facing art. I would err on the Ultramarine side of uniform accessories, as they are closely related and especially more so now that Roboute has declared them wardens of the eastern borders as part of a Greater Ultramar. So on that note, going onto the Cloaks, I would follow the Ultramarines – which I believe is red, a colour the Sothans have used in their own heraldry a few times already. Whilst black might seem the best choice, artisitcally it would really make for a less dynamic finish as opposed to Imperial Red bouncing off the Black and Yellow of Scythes armor.

Hi David,
My go-to is the Ultramarine uniform palette, given their close association (Red, green and occaisionally yellow black striped industrial style). However in effort to maintain creativity, a colour you feel suits and contrasts nicely with Yellow and Black would be good personal choice. We’ve never had much in the way of official uniform details, the most notable it the Aquila chest eagle colouration per Company.

I am not sure what color I should use for the aquila on the Space Marine Scouts? On the http://wh40k.lexicanum.com it says “10th Company: Nominally white, however the company colour is not displayed on their armour, because of their need to blend with their surroundings on reconnaissance missions.” What color do you guys paint the aquila on your Space Marine Scouts?

I have tended for classic bone (creating a “White” Aquila) – you could even go all yellow! :) Lexicanum is reasonably true, in that they have no actual “company” except the obvious Tenth (Scouts). Extrapolating from the fiction, it could be seen as a rite of passage for the newly inducted Marine to receive his new armor with Company coloured Aquila, when he graduates from the scouts Company.

You could go full stealth black, that would be quite sinister – have you seen Dean’s Reivers?You can make your mind up based off his own classic scheme Reivers. I do kind of like the stealth approach though and your idea to default to the knee pad for markings is spot on for “codex” lore. :)

When you finish them, give me a shout – be great to add them too the community gallery!

I am still working on my Primaris Scythes Of The Emperor army. Also was not sure about the exact sergeants markings besides having the red helmets. I was reading on the Warhammer 40k wiki page on Space Marine sergeants and from what I read it basically said that Space Marine sergeants are usually veterans from the 1st company. So my question to you is would the Primaris sergeants of my 2ed or other company’s have the veteran left knee pad marking or is that marking just reserved for the 1st company? Like the Sternguard Veterans, Terminators, Dreadnoughts or even Command Squads and HQ models?

I would like to know what you think about this.

I would have sent you some pictures of my squad that I’m working on right know. They are almost finished. I made a custom order of the new style icon transfer sheets that is on the site. From one of the websites you recommended. Also I have emailed the company about why its been taking more than 9 weeks + to make them. He told me that he is really behind schedule. I don’t want to send you pictures of them until they are completely finished. At least one squad/unit at a time.

Hi David,
Thank you for your patience, Christmas break has been a mighty busy one! And happy new year too :)

I would go with a veteran marking, so the Sargeant can have both his red helm and a notation of his veterancy. 9 weeks is quite a time for the decals, my only thinking is the Ink is rare so restocks and lining up print runs to maximise paper usage add to this time. Look forward to the result however! :)

I have got a question for you about the Veteran knee pad and was wondering what you guys think about it. If a Space Marine Sergeant Veteran with his red helmet white stripe down the top of it would he also wear the Veteran knee pad? Also all of the First Company would be all Veterans and have the Veteran knee pad would they also wear white helmets like the Ultra Marines First Company Or do they not do the white helmet? Are the white helmets replaced with the Veteran knee pad instead? What do you think about it?

By the letter of Ultramarine organisation – I’d say you’re right. However, aesthetically – it could remain black helms and have the kneee pads. Key issue is, the entire First Company is gone, so we have never had any canonical description of what the First look like?

If you wanted white helms, you could potentially do a bone white, to be a warmer white against the yellow. A cold white with blue might not work if you use grey in your black, but if you use a blue black? Likely to be more pleasing to the eye. (Colour theory wise).

With COVID-19 chuggin’ along, I’ve randomly been surfing old sites, and yours popped up and still exists Sebastian! Huzzah and Cheers!

Now 47, I had almost forgotten about Lord Duchek of Hydra (my Rogue Trader), and his illustrious, and now near forgotten battle brothers from Chapter Amabutho, the Chapter that was lead out of the furthest reaches of the Eastern Fringe; a Chapter founded from the remnants of Chapters’ Black Warriors and Celestial Panthers who were tasked to explore warp anomalies just outside the deepest known borders of the Eastern Fringe, and nearly wiped out as they bumped head on into the initial tendrils of Hive Fleet Behemoth.
250 years later, the Explorer Duchek finds and reintroduces, now Chapter Amabutho, to Imperial Space, and tests their loyalty against Hive Fleet Kraken…
Oh the heady days of your Campaign!
Good stuff!
Glad you are still around, and props to the Scythes being in 8th!

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